Senior Software Engineer: Identity & SSO Platform (Remote)

Cisco Systems, Inc; United States; Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonuses

Restricted stock grants

Paid time off including holidays, well

Sick leave and vacation

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a senior backend engineer to build core SSO and identity-broker services used across products and enterprise systems.

Role spans authentication, federation, and identity orchestration, taking complex backend components from design through delivery and collaborating with product, engineering, and architecture partners. Emphasis on secure, scalable Python services and AI-assisted workflows to improve development quality and speed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 7+ years of related experience, master's with 4+ years, or PhD with 1+ year.
• Professional experience building enterprise or customer-facing backend services and APIs with Python.
• Experience designing distributed-system components and explaining technical decisions and tradeoffs.
• Track record of delivering quality software using automated testing and modern development practices.
• Day-to-day experience with AI-assisted engineering tools and validating their output.

Responsibilities

• Develop secure, scalable SSO and identity-broker services in Python.
• Build APIs and platform features for authentication, federation, and integration across products.
• Own complex components through design, implementation, testing, and release.
• Assess security, scalability, performance, and extensibility tradeoffs; document decisions.
• Translate requirements into specifications, acceptance criteria, and incremental delivery plans.
• Use AI-assisted tools across the software lifecycle; review and collaborate with teams.

Skills

Python

Backend services

Distributed systems

Automated testing

AI tools

OpenAPI

SAML/OIDC/OAuth

AWS

SQL

Redis

React/TypeScript

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD

Tools

OpenAPI tooling

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a senior backend engineer to build core SSO and identity-broker services used across products and enterprise systems.

Role spans authentication, federation, and identity orchestration, taking complex backend components from design through delivery and collaborating with product, engineering, and architecture partners. Emphasis on secure, scalable Python services and AI-assisted workflows to improve development quality and speed.